New Jersey

Celebrating the graduation of 110 fourth-graders from the revived D.A.R.E. program at Roosevelt School are Somerset County Prosecutor Michael Robertson, Manville Police Det. David Sheffrin, who taught the course, Daren, the course's mascot, and Manville Police...

STAFFORD – Officer Marisa Lawrence of the Stafford Township Police Department recently graduated from D.A.R.E. Officer Training. A 10 year veteran of the STPD and current member of the Patrol Division, Lawrence is now the fourth active member of the STPD to be...

Toni Lyn Vidro was at the school where she was teaching on Sept. 11, 2001, when her husband called to tell her his plan. "Don't get mad," Christopher Vidro said, "but I'm going over to the city." Then a police officer at Montclair State University, his department...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Street-hardened police officers accustomed to traffic stops, petty crime, arresting bad guys and calming frazzled nerves came together two weeks ago in Somerset County to hone a new skill. Side-by-side, the 25 officers were tested by a rigorous...

N.J. D.A.R.E. Continues to Grow! New Officers Trained And Ready To Teach D.A.R.E. During September of 2017 the D.A.R.E. /Advocacy for Drug Education in New Jersey coordinated and implemented a basic two-week D.O.T class in Bridgewater, N.J. With the committed support of D.A.R.E. America, the training cadre consisted of a highly skilled facilitator, two veteran educators, and four mentors. These individuals were selected from training centers located in Canada, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York.

BRIDGEWATER – Children are not the only ones who learn important lessons in the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program. “You will change their life,” said Frank Pegueros, president of D.A.R.E. America, who led a week-long training last month of 22...

Pictured from left to right are West Deptford Police Chief Samuel DiSimone III, Timeshare Legal LLC owner Christian Highlander and Cpl. John Craig, president of the West Deptford Police Athletic League. Highlander on Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, donated $30,000 toward...